Talking Dirty

The other side of the coin from The Good Word Guide (RR 2004/140), so to speak, is to be found in Talking Dirty.“Good words” and “bad words” perhaps: but all words have their contexts and their validity within those contexts.

One of the consultant editors for the Good Word Guide, Jonathon Green, has a hand in Talking Dirty: he is listed on the title page as writing the introduction, but the copyright statement identifies him as the author. A small, pocket‐sized volume (is there supposed to be anything significant in that? are we expected to carry it around...